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Imperfect law better than alternative

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As a Christian who supports the Affordable Care Act, I must respond to the Sunday letter “
Cartoon wrong; Obamacare is immoral” from Melodie J. Jones, who thinks it is her moral duty as a
Christian to oppose Obamacare because of its “enforcement of abortion, and the 55 million babies
murdered from it.”

First, I'm not sure how she can say it enforces abortion. If a person is opposed to abortion,
she doesn’t have to get one. It's that simple.

Second, Jones tossed out the figure
55 million, which seems outrageous. Where did she come up with that figure?

Denying health care to thousands of people who will soon find treatment for mental health within
reach is no less immoral. Denying coverage to people with pre-existing, and in many cases
life-threatening, conditions is immoral. Forcing people to choose between eating and paying medical
bills is immoral.

Subjecting people to foreclosure or bankruptcy because of medical bills is immoral. Limiting a
person's trips to the ER, where one is charged the full cost because he doesn’t have the insurance
that would reduce costs to a copay, is immoral.

The morality involved in decisions about the Affordable Care Act goes way beyond the issue of
abortions.

Despite my reservations and concerns about abortion, I must support and defend the law as an
imperfect law that is more moral than the alternatives.